The Infinite Book: Where Things Happen That Don't

Name: The Infinite Book: Where Things Happen That Don't
Price: 88.39 USD
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ISBN: 9780224069175

ISBN-10: 0224069179

ISBN-13: 9780224069175

Edition: N/A

Authors: John D. Barrow

List price: $37.20

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Where did the idea of infinity come from? Is the Universe infinite? Is it infinitely old, and will it exist forever? John Barrow takes readers on a tour of these questions and the answers that mathematicians, theologians and others have come up with to deal with the threat infinity poses to our sanity.

Book details

List price: $37.20
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.05" long x 1.43" tall
Weight: 1.540




Much ado about everything



Infinity, almost and actual, fictitious and factual



Welcome to the hotel infinity



Infinity is not a big number



The madness of Georg Cantor



Infinity comes in three flavours



Is the universe infinite?



The infinite replication paradox



Worlds without end



Making infinity machines



Living forever